Have you ever heard of “food-water-energy nexus”? This concept explains the interrelationship between the water, energy and food sectors. The interdependence of components means that changes in one industry will inevitably affect other industries and have significant environmental, economic, social and political consequences. In this case, water occupies a central position in the formula.
Learn more about the role water plays in provision of food and energy security in our new research:
#waterfoodenergynexus#watersecurity#foodsecurity#watersupply#research#malnutrition#wef#risks#US#middleeast

Keeping Bee’s can be an extremely profitable enterprise for smallholder farmers in Kenya. Not only can Farmers produce and trade honey, but Bees can be used as a method of Human Animal Conflict management. 🐝

In collaboration with leaders of the stateless Lahu tribe in northern Thailand, we built a water pipeline to offer villagers year-long access to water. Water scarcity has been a major hurdle for economic development. Within just a few days of the water pipeline being installed villagers planted 500 banana trees and over 2000 tea trees. Sustainable water access can now help reduce illness, improve health, and increase household income. We love investing in programs that offer local talent and innovation to flourish. 🌱
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#s4cf#sustainableagriculture#watersecurity#development#dogood#thailand

Agriculture is Kenya's biggest industry, with over 5 million smallholder farmers in the country. Many have minimal knowledge of sustainable farming techniques and live on unproductive land in areas far from the services of agricultural extension workers. With 80% of these smallholder farmers being women, we believe the Haller Farmers App can help to reduce the gender divide by giving women access to our proven farming knowledge and expertise.

In 2014, to complement our successful work and on-the-ground presence, we launched the Haller Farmers App. The App builds on the technological revolution taking place across sub-Saharan Africa and puts our 50 years of proven, sustainable farming techniques - all of which are low cost, organic and easily replicable - directly in the hands of smallholder farmers.

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17,100 Kenyan children under 5 die each year and 90% of those cases are related to dirty water. Our bio-loos are an effective, low-tech way of preventing contamination of the water sources we put in place, encouraging basic hygiene practices and improving health and wellbeing.

1 282:19 PM Feb 15, 2019

Rainwater harvesting benefits.
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The wise and commendable practise of rainwater harvesting is now becoming a necessity for households and industry alike. .
Rainwater harvesting storage solutions: .
Some benefits of storing rainwater in a tank:
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• Rainwater is chemical-free
• Rainwater can replace all non-drinking water requirements
• Lessens the burden on water supply infrastructure
• Lessens the depletion of our catchment reservoirs and ground water
• Prevents soil erosion by reducing peak storm-water run-off
• Reduces water bills
• Provides an emergency water supply
• Cost-effective, easy to install, little to no maintenance.
• Rainwater, the most precious of all resources, is FREE!
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#watertank#waterstorage#watersecurity#waterforafrica#rainwater#rainwaterharvesting

0 109:49 AM Feb 15, 2019

And so a dam is built. My grandfather started building this dam 50 years ago and now we are going to finish it. It is crazy how these things manifest itself. I was looking for a second hand digger loader to buy for months in order to build dams for water security. Realising I could not afford the running cost of a digger loader I shelfed the idea of finishing my grandfather's dam for another year. The moment I let go of the idea someone knocked on my door asking if I could give him storage space, this someone was the owner of an excavation company we, so we arranged a trade and next thing you know a dam is being built.
#blessed#manifistation#theuniversehasyourbackdeck#dambuilding#earthworks#watersecurity#waterharvesting#sustainablefarming#capetown@nixinography

We are preparing to deliver a $61million water pipeline from Mardi to Warnervale. The nine kilometre pipeline will boost water supply to the rapidly expanding northern growth corridor and improve water security for the entire region. Find out more at www.yourvoiceourcoast.com/M2WP. #CCCWater#WaterSecurity#Water

Do you know where your #water comes from? 💦
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First guess, it’s not your faucet. I once did a study in undergrad where I had to ask a variety of students and teachers, if they knew where their drinking water came from. The ratio of my peers that had simply no idea was frightening. Not knowing where your water comes from could pose a threat to your life and wellbeing.
For many of us we don’t have to think about where our water comes from because here in America we can turn our faucets on and water comes out. But where does that water actually come from?? 💦
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Depending where you live the water you drink comes from a variety of different sources. In some parts of our country water comes from deep in the earth in the form of “groundwater,” while others drink water that comes from “surface water” in streams and rivers.
Surface and ground water sources of drinking water are both vulnerable to pollution and #Climatechange. Activities that unintentionally pollute the small stream in your neighborhood, such as a local factory, industrial agriculture sight, fracking, mining or even flushing chemicals down your drain may be contaminating your drinking water supply. •
Safe guarding our communities and clean drinking water depends on all of us making wise choices about how we manage the land that drains into our streams and rivers. If we pollute the land, we pollute our water, and eventually pollute ourselves. Lets think more deeply and sustainably about our water reserves and how we protect them.💦
#Oneworld#Protectthesacred#Watersecurity#Sustainableliving#Waterislife

3 814:03 PM Feb 13, 2019

Low lying islands are threatened by salt water intrusion into water tables impacting trees and plants. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀🌳
The advantage of a high island like Kosrae isn’t just high ground options for communities but fresh water security. Fresh water is located way inland on Kosrae with fresh water streams that go into the mountains. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
#climatechange#globalwarming#sealevelrise#watersecurity#micronesia#freshwater#dronevideo

Waking up in the beautiful Golden Gate Highlands National Park. This is my first visit to this park, but won’t be my last. It borders Lesotho and is a critical source of water for South Africa (as it’s one of our main water catchment areas), in addition to protecting bearded vultures and other vulnerable wildlife, afromontane vegetation and grasslands. The scenery is spectacular too. @sanparks#conservation#watersecurity#caperesearchcentre#research

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 👩🏽‍🔬⛏🧪🔬🦠💻🧫
Similar to the all of the Rosie’s who aided in munition effort during WWII, women and girls in science are integral to aiding in (and finding dynamic solutions to) the world’s greatest crises: climate change, disease, poverty, food/water security, education, and so much more. To all my ladies I say— WE CAN DO IT!

Today only 1/4 of 100,000 people in Flint have had their water lines replaced and 3/4 of the community still don’t have water they can use in their homes is not acceptable PERIOD!
Alicia Douglas with WaterRising and Guy Williams @dwejonline@guybo21 saw a “work in progress screening of Flint “The Poisoning of American City”this film proves the urgency of water literacy and accelerator action how Flint is not alone, creating a movement of citizens engagement to take action. In Michigan Governor Whitmer signed Executive Order 2019-2, which will restructure the department of environmental quality as the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE). The order will create new offices within the department, including the Office of the Clean Water Public Advocate, the Office of Environmental Justice Public Advocate and the Interagency Environmental Justice Response Team. Liesel Clark will serve as the Director of the MDEGLE. “This executive order will make sure that our state government is more responsive to problems with our drinking water and our environment,” Clark said in a release.
@gewhitmer Governor Whitmer needs the support of the House of Representative for funding to be allocated to implement this critical strategy for #watersecurity
I urge you to reach out to your local representatives to support this new reorganization of Department of Energy! @stateofmichigan_

2 711:17 AM Feb 9, 2019

@flintpoisoning Today only 1/4 of 100,000 people in Flint have had their water lines replaced and 3/4 of the community still don’t have water they can use in their homes is not acceptable PERIOD!
Alicia Douglas with WaterRising and Guy Williams @dwejonline@guybo21 saw a “work in progress screening of Flint “The Poisoning of American City”this film proves the urgency of water literacy and accelerates action how Flint is not alone, creating a movement of citizens engagement to take action. In Michigan Governor Whitmer signed Executive Order 2019-2, which will restructure the department of environmental quality as the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE). The order will create new offices within the department, including the Office of the Clean Water Public Advocate, the Office of Environmental Justice Public Advocate and the Interagency Environmental Justice Response Team. Liesel Clark will serve as the Director of the MDEGLE. “This executive order will make sure that our state government is more responsive to problems with our drinking water and our environment,” Clark said in a release.
@gewhitmer Governor Whitmer needs the support of the House of Representative for funding to be allocated to implement this critical strategy for #watersecurity
I urge you to reach out to your local representatives to support this new reorganization of Department of Energy! @stateofmichigan_

As well as solving challenges like the lack of education, we also have to anticipate them.
In fact, we operate in a delicate environment where a solution to a problem can sometimes create another. Take water, for example. We help communities access clean water without having to walk for miles. But we also know that more water can trigger more waterborne diseases like bilharzia or malaria. We prepare for that, ensuring that the long-term foundations are in place for healthy, thriving communities. That kind of forethought was the catalyst for The Health Centre. It was built in 2007 and has provided diagnostic services and treatment to over 32,000 patients since it opened.

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Severe water shortages are common in many parts of the world including parts of the western United States. Yet most people still eat cattle, which wastes more water than any other industry on the planet (largely from irrigating the vast corn and soybean fields used to fed the billion-plus cattle, among other things). If you want to protect water security for future generations, the best start is to eliminate beef and dairy from your diet.
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My drinking water comes from over 100 miles away at the Pardee Reservoir in the Sierra Foothills. What is the comparative resource use and environmental impact of getting that drinking water from fog more locally? I think about things like that. Tag a water expert who can educate me 🙏💧😋 Kudos to @interestingengineering for the 🎥

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 👩🏽‍🔬⛏🧪🔬🦠💻🧫
Similar to the all of the Rosie’s who aided in munition effort during WWII, women and girls in science are integral to aiding in (and finding dynamic solutions to) the world’s greatest crises: climate change, disease, poverty, food/water security, education, and so much more. To all my ladies I say— WE CAN DO IT!

11 1112:28 PM Feb 11, 2019

How much money do you pay for water? This rainwater gets stored in a 25,000 gallon underground cistern. I want one so badly! 💧❤️👊 Kudos to @sabotgarden for the 🎥

13 1787:56 AM Dec 17, 2018

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In 2018, two-thirds of the global population experiences water scarcity for at least one month per year.
Since 2016, when the original SCA Sustainability white paper on water security was published, the global water crisis has continued to worsen as a result of climate change and population pressure.
Learn more about how the coffee industry can work towards solutions to the global water crisis in the newly republished white paper Water Security & Coffee: Protecting a Critical Resource. Read it at sca.coffee/whitepaper/watersecurity
#SCAsustainability#makecoffeebetter#watersecurity

2 3396:27 PM Nov 28, 2018

This aerial shot of thirsty, desperate country, is Walgett. A strong Aboriginal town in Western NSW that, like many neighbouring towns, has been facing drought since 2011.
Last week the community’s water supply was damaged by lightning and switched off, leaving two options - unsafe bore water (at the suggestion of govt) or having bottled water trucked in. The threat this community faces, and an unfortunate amount of others across the country just like it, is poor water management and general disregard from local and national leadership. There are enormous environmental risks being taken and damage already been made in our state that’s had irreversible impact. Think about what we’ve seen in the Murray River too and the 100yr old cod we’re losing as well! Over 60 thousand years of care from our people, undone just like that. It’s a dire situation and we need to act now.
This pic is a #repost from @minaguli who says,
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“To make matters worse, the government has siphoned off water for cotton farms and coal & gas mines, leaving the town #RunningDry ... This is such a reminder that the global water crisis is not something we will face in the distant future. It's happening now.”
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Stories like these are uncomfortable and saddening but we must shout them from the roof tops! For as long as our people are faced with them, we must fight. Fight to force government to put and KEEP US at the forefront of their priority. Denial of access to clean drinking water is a human rights violation. After our recent discussions with our followers, it’s obvious we all agree the fight will not end with a successful #ChangeTheDate , it begins then. Achieving that, achieves the beginnings of a unifying national identity that understands the priority of blackfulla issues. We may be naive and optimistic, but the alternative is not an option for us. Sending big love to all our communities facing drought and all the people fighting the good fight. Share your thoughts with us. 🖤💛❤️
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#tiddas4tiddas#opinion#news#important#water#environment#sustainability#globalgoals#climate#climateaction#watersecurity#savewater#waterislife#Walgett#waterforwalgett

9 1465:04 AM Jan 16, 2019

Photo by @ashleycrowtherorg for @everydayclimatechange: Pools of glacial lakes on top of one of Nepal's longest glaciers, Ngozumpa, at 5000m above sea level.
A greater number of these lakes, due to regional warming, are appearing on glaciers across the Himalayas as temperatures in the region continue to rise. The icy Himalayas are warming faster than anywhere on the planet, excluding the arctic, due to climate change.
The Ngozumpa and thousands of other glaciers are the source of thousands of river systems that flow across Asia. They support over 1.4 billion people with water.
As climate change intensifies and impacts glaciers leading to further retreat and melting, in the long-term, water security in much of Asia is threatened. It has the potential to cause large scale disruptions, amongst others, in food production, power generation, and flare up existing political tensions. --
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#everydayclimatechange#climatechange#climatechangeisreal#globalwarming#watersecurity#himalayas#asia#nepal#southasia#photojournalism#documentaryphotography